'Hypnotic, chilling and harrowing. Spiers has delivered a fabulous debut thriller that will keep you guessing until the very end.' J.A. Corrigan, author of The Nurse
'A perfectly plotted, dizzying-paced, very accomplished debut. Sophia Spiers weaves a dark, intricate story with intriguing, unreliable characters and deals sensitively with important issues. Sophia is an exciting new voice in psychological thrillers and I look forward to reading what she comes up with next.' Diane Jeffrey, bestselling author of The Guilty Mother
'A dark and powerfully realised novel about the complex effects of trauma from a writer to watch.’ Fiona Cummins, author of Into the Dark
'I adore this novel. It will leave you breathless in the best way. Sophia Spiers is an author to watch!' Sarah Lawton, author of All the Little Things
'An engrossing, dark and twisty thriller. An original and disturbing page-turner with an intriguing and unforgettable cast of characters.' Zoe Rosi, author of Someone's Watching Me
'A fabulous accomplished debut which touched many chords for me.' Tina Baker, author of Call Me Mummy
‘Bright and brilliant, Spiers's sharp-as-a-knife debut had me in its clutches from the first few pages. The book draws on themes of shame and guilt fostered in childhood, the result of deprivation in all its guises and how that shame can be exploited and abused by those closest to you. Compulsive reading.’ Susannah Wise, author of This Fragile Earth
Annabelle seems to have it all. The perfect house, a successful husband, a darling son. But Annabelle is troubled.
Trapped in an unhappy marriage, failing at motherhood, and at odds with her new privileged lifestyle, Annabelle begins to self-harm, a habit resurrected from her traumatic past.
When she meets the alluring and charismatic hypnotherapist Cassandra Rose, she is offered a way out.
Through hypnosis, Annabelle is encouraged to unearth her painful repressed memories and face her childhood demons. But as the boundaries between her hypnotic trance and reality begin to dissolve, Annabelle becomes increasingly vulnerable to much darker forces.
Filled with twists and suspense, The Call of Cassandra Rose is a chilling thriller that examines how trauma shapes our lives and asks whether we can ever really escape our pasts.
A Londoner of proud Italian and Greek heritage, Sophia Spiers grew up on the Lisson Green Council Estate, which informed the depiction of her protagonist’s childhood. She studied Film at university, and in her twenties and early thirties worked in TV and post-production before turning her attention to her true passion: writing. Sophia was one of the six outstanding mentees chosen from over 1500 entrants to be part of the inaugural Madeleine Milburn mentorship scheme and has been honing her craft ever since.
Genre: Mystery
'A perfectly plotted, dizzying-paced, very accomplished debut. Sophia Spiers weaves a dark, intricate story with intriguing, unreliable characters and deals sensitively with important issues. Sophia is an exciting new voice in psychological thrillers and I look forward to reading what she comes up with next.' Diane Jeffrey, bestselling author of The Guilty Mother
'A dark and powerfully realised novel about the complex effects of trauma from a writer to watch.’ Fiona Cummins, author of Into the Dark
'I adore this novel. It will leave you breathless in the best way. Sophia Spiers is an author to watch!' Sarah Lawton, author of All the Little Things
'An engrossing, dark and twisty thriller. An original and disturbing page-turner with an intriguing and unforgettable cast of characters.' Zoe Rosi, author of Someone's Watching Me
'A fabulous accomplished debut which touched many chords for me.' Tina Baker, author of Call Me Mummy
‘Bright and brilliant, Spiers's sharp-as-a-knife debut had me in its clutches from the first few pages. The book draws on themes of shame and guilt fostered in childhood, the result of deprivation in all its guises and how that shame can be exploited and abused by those closest to you. Compulsive reading.’ Susannah Wise, author of This Fragile Earth
Annabelle seems to have it all. The perfect house, a successful husband, a darling son. But Annabelle is troubled.
Trapped in an unhappy marriage, failing at motherhood, and at odds with her new privileged lifestyle, Annabelle begins to self-harm, a habit resurrected from her traumatic past.
When she meets the alluring and charismatic hypnotherapist Cassandra Rose, she is offered a way out.
Through hypnosis, Annabelle is encouraged to unearth her painful repressed memories and face her childhood demons. But as the boundaries between her hypnotic trance and reality begin to dissolve, Annabelle becomes increasingly vulnerable to much darker forces.
Filled with twists and suspense, The Call of Cassandra Rose is a chilling thriller that examines how trauma shapes our lives and asks whether we can ever really escape our pasts.
A Londoner of proud Italian and Greek heritage, Sophia Spiers grew up on the Lisson Green Council Estate, which informed the depiction of her protagonist’s childhood. She studied Film at university, and in her twenties and early thirties worked in TV and post-production before turning her attention to her true passion: writing. Sophia was one of the six outstanding mentees chosen from over 1500 entrants to be part of the inaugural Madeleine Milburn mentorship scheme and has been honing her craft ever since.
Genre: Mystery
Praise for this book
"A fabulous accomplished debut which touched many chords for me." - Tina Baker
"Hypnotic, chilling and harrowing. Spiers has delivered a fabulous debut thriller that will keep you guessing until the very end." - J A Corrigan
"A dark and powerfully realised novel about the complex effects of trauma from a writer to watch." - Fiona Cummins
"A perfectly plotted, dizzying-paced, very accomplished debut. Sophia Spiers weaves a dark, intricate story with intriguing, unreliable characters and deals sensitively with important issues. Sophia is an exciting new voice in psychological thrillers and I look forward to reading what she comes up with next." - Diane Jeffrey
"I adore this novel. It will leave you breathless in the best way. Sophia Spiers is an author to watch!" - Sarah Lawton
"An engrossing, dark and twisty thriller. An original and disturbing page-turner with an intriguing and unforgettable cast of characters." - Zoe Rosi
"Bright and brilliant, Spiers's sharp-as-a-knife debut had me in its clutches from the first few pages. The book draws on themes of shame and guilt fostered in childhood, the result of deprivation in all its guises and how that shame can be exploited and abused by those closest to you. Compulsive reading." - Susannah Wise
"Hypnotic, chilling and harrowing. Spiers has delivered a fabulous debut thriller that will keep you guessing until the very end." - J A Corrigan
"A dark and powerfully realised novel about the complex effects of trauma from a writer to watch." - Fiona Cummins
"A perfectly plotted, dizzying-paced, very accomplished debut. Sophia Spiers weaves a dark, intricate story with intriguing, unreliable characters and deals sensitively with important issues. Sophia is an exciting new voice in psychological thrillers and I look forward to reading what she comes up with next." - Diane Jeffrey
"I adore this novel. It will leave you breathless in the best way. Sophia Spiers is an author to watch!" - Sarah Lawton
"An engrossing, dark and twisty thriller. An original and disturbing page-turner with an intriguing and unforgettable cast of characters." - Zoe Rosi
"Bright and brilliant, Spiers's sharp-as-a-knife debut had me in its clutches from the first few pages. The book draws on themes of shame and guilt fostered in childhood, the result of deprivation in all its guises and how that shame can be exploited and abused by those closest to you. Compulsive reading." - Susannah Wise
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